Esters of diglycollic acid and preparation of same.



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, 'Be' itk'nown that LLORENZ 'Aornqcitizen of the" German Empire, residing at .Mannheirn, Germany, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Esters of 'Diglycollic 'Acid "and Method of Preparing 5 Same;'andI do hereby declare the followino'j to be 'a. full, clear, andc'exact description 0 the-invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains' to ingesters 01? diglycollic acid. I have found that'pihenyl-estersiof diglycollic acid, may be? repared" if, a; di-halogen compound of dig y'collic' acid is cansed'to-react on the corresponding phenohor as'alt of the sa1ne,.in the-presence of 'a halogen hydridbinding agents. such as dimethyl-aniling As an ex ample, the compound obtained in this way clilorid of diglycollic acidhas the composition represented in the struce tural formula:

Kent-Cochin. von'acoooini 'con pounds so prepared. possess valuable therapeutic-properties and are to be used as medicines.

To illustrate the invention I will give the .followingexamplcswhich embody the preferred manner of carrying out said in- ,vention.

1.;Guaiacolester of diglg collic cid. of diglycollic acid guaiacol ester-L a nico'ocnnoon. Y

mcooconoon.

' aipari 'py ive ig'h t of, gun are dissolved in 121jparts by'ivcight of'dimethylanilin and to thi's'solutiofnfare addcddrop by drop 86 parts'by'" ofldiglycollic acid chloi'id, the lnt ifl ifig'f b iti ia y i d I coole'd'"\vith-fice-natep, vAfter jallowing' tos'tandfor son e Z hours'gat ordinary-temper- I amount of-diluted hy-" drochlori'ii acid as added, the Whole well mixed and" the precipitate." filtered by sucis, then recrystion. H The latterprec pit'ate tallized from benzene oranethyl alcohol.

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Application filed July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,795.

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I pounds may thisway be ob- 'tained also rom the dihalogen compounds nsrnnsi ror nronrconmc ACID AND rnErARArion or same. JQI' 948,084; "mnnwm' "z.

Colorlessneed es, readily so uble'in ether, alcohol, methyl alcohol, benzene, ch10- roform; very readily in acetone; very .s. r-.- ingly soluble in water; sparingly solub e in -ligroin. :Alkaliesproduce saponific'atio'n. The addi- Stable in the presence of acids,-

tion" of hydrochloric acid in this process is' made for the reason that the dimethylanilin-chlorhydrate which is formed ,byfthe 6 5 action of the liberated hydrochloric acid is readily decomposed in a neutral aqueous solution, so that the base dimethyl-anilin would beliberated in part. In orderto maintain this diInethyl-anilin in -solution', -I' have found it practicable toadd a certain quantity of acid. I have also found that good results are obtained if this quantity ismade sufficient to correspond to one molecule of-=HC1. In the present example this amounts to 365 parts by 'weight of 10 'er cent. hydrochloric acid. The reaction which takes place is indicated in the following equation:

solution, which is maintained cool by water.

circulation, there are added 8.6 parts by weight of chlorid of diglycollic' acidg t he mixed. The reac- \vholerbeing thoroughly I tion which takes place results in the separation of the new esterand when said reactionis finished the ester is removed by siphon action, decantation or otherw1se,-and 1t 1s f then dissolved in methyl-alcohol and -crysf tallized from such solution. The crystals so 7 obtained are-in'the form of fine white nee dles" having a melting point'of 80, centi- 4 grade. Its formula is 'structnral-- formula:

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- while adding thereto 8.6 grams of ch'lorid of no Patented Feb. 1,

Melting oint of the C H O, and its: l"

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diglycollic acid diluted with-2O eubiccenti meters of benzol. This mixture will separate in two layers of which the lower one is then-separated by siphoning o fl' or otherwise i remov ng the liquid. To separate from this precipitate the excess of the more soluble salicylic acid, the same .is boiledfor a short t me with 400 cubic centimeters of -water and then-immediately filtered while hot.

The residue is dissolved in hot alcohol and crystallized therefrom. There are thereby obtained sn'iall-colorless crystals having a? melting point of 173 centigrade. The;

empiric formulaof this new compoundis C, ,H,,O and its structural formula:

omcqocartcoon cmcoocan coon The reaction takes place according to the equation:

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, cn,.coo.oan.coon

In the --above examples, instead of the% chlorid of diglycollic acid I may use another dihalogen compound of. this acid, such diglycollic acldf I r 1. a-naphthyl-ester, crystallizin in the .form of colorless lamellae or sea es from benzol and having a melting point of 136 centigrade.-

B-naphthyl-ester, obtained as a white crystalline powder from l'JClIZOl and having 'a melting point. of 160, centigrade. 3. Ortho-cresyl-estcr crystallizing in the form of'fine needles from methyl-alcohol,-

the melting point being l01, centigrade.

4, Meta-cresyl-ester, crystallizing in the same'way as the last-mentioned compound and having a melting point of 63, centigrade. r

5. Para-cresyLest-r which crystallizes in acicular form from methyl-alcohol and has a ineltin point of 89 centigrade.

6. Ortlio-chlorophenyl-cster, crystallizing in acicular form from alcohol. Melting ,point 129 centigrade.

7. Para-chlorophenyl-ester, crystallizing in felted needles from'alcohol and having a i melting oint of-130 centigrade.

' 8. Ort i'o-nitrophcnyl-cster, crystallizing as colorless scales from be'nzol' and having a melting point of 164? centigrade.

' 9. Para-nitrophenyl-ester, which may be separated in the form of a crystalline pow- 1 131 cen'tigrade.-

i (great difliculty in water and dilute acids.

)n heating with aqueous alkali baths these compounds are s'aponified. The salicyl-ester ,twater. 1 v i The following are thespecial solubilities 1 l.)iglycollic acid phenyl-ester'is.readily solutble in ether, alcohol, benzol, chloroform and l Diglycollic acid-salicyl-ester is readilysoluble in acetone, soluble in alcohol and. some-- what soluble in ether, benzol and chloroform. Diglycollic acid-a-naphthyl-ester and diglycollic a'eid-B-naphthyl-ester are soluble in benzol, chloroformand acetone and some- 1 what soluble iii-ether and alcohol. Diglycollie 'acid-guaiacol-ester is readily soluble in ether, alcohol, benzol, chloroform and acetone and somewhat soluble in ligroin. The'ortho-, 'paraand meta-cresyl-esters of diglycollic acid are readily soluble in acetone and are soluble in ether, alcohol, benzol H and chloroform. The ortho and para-nitroph'enyl-esters of diglycollic acid are readily soluble in acetone, soluble -in benzol. and

4 chloroform, and somewhat soluble in ether and alcohol.

1 compounds is a cmcooa cntcoon where R designatesa radical of the-aromatic series, forming part of a phenol or a plienol derivative.

vention consists in acting on a phenol compound, such asia phenolor a derivative of a phenol, with a! dihalogen derivative or com pound of diglycollic acid in the presence binding'a ent may be, for example, "dimcthyl-ani in or an alkalhas' above set forth. The diglycollic esters which form thesubject-matter of my invention are dissponding phenols, by their ready decomposi tion in the'animal organism by which they are readily absorbed. They can, therefore, be substitutedwith, advantage 'for the phenols and their esterswhich hitherto have 2' been employed in therapy. .Thcir dose is 3 about the same as that of the correspondin carbonates (carbonic; acid esters), whic g have already been employed as medicines.

Having thus fully described my inven i tion, what- I claim as new is: T A 1 I. The process which consists in causing of the new compounds above referredto:

1 acetone and somewhat soluble in 'ligroin-f of a halogen hydrid binding agent; Such tinguishedfrom other esters of thecorre- 'All of the neii esters .are soluble with ,is saponified even when it is boiled with The general-structural formula. for'the'se ltl It will be noted that; in all cases my inlit a (lihalogcn compound of diglycollic 'acidto act on a phenyl compound'in the presence of a halogen hydrid binding agent.

2. The process which consists in causing a dihalogen compound of diglycollic acid to act on a phenol 1n the presence of a halogen act on a phenyl-compound in the presence of hydrochloric acid binding agentwvhile maintaining the mixture cooled.

4;. The process whlch consists in caus ng a dihalogen compound of d glycolllc acid to act on a phenol in the presence of a hydroehloric acid bindin agent while maintainmg the mixture coo e 5. As a DQWChQIIllCfll compound, an aryl ester of diglycolhc acld having the strum tural formula i oa,.com

catcom ous alkalies. 6. As a new chemical compound, an aryl 3 ester of diglycollic acid having the .structural formula I cn,.e0.1t

and the following properties: It is soluble with difliculty in Water and dilute acids,-

saponifies when heated with aqueous alkahes, 1s readily SOlllblQ lll acetone, is soluble in alcohol, and crystallizes n the form of small white or colorless crystals.

7. As a new chenncalcomp'ound guaiacol ester of diglycolhc acid which hasthe'structural' formula. p a

and the following properties: It is soluble with difficulty in Water and dilute acids, saponifies when heated with dilute alkalies,

; is readily soluble in ether alcohol, benzol,

1 chloroform and acetone, is slightly soluble v Q in ligroin, and crystallizes in the form of and having the following properties: It is 5 colqol-llesssneeiues hill/mg a meltmg pomt of soluble with difficulty in Water and dilute l 80 centlgmc acids and saponifies when heated with aquel c s1 gnature 1n the presence of two tnesses;

\ LORENZ ACH.

In tcstimony whereof I hereunto aflix my Witnesses: I

SIMON HATHAWAY, ERNns'r-L. Ives. 

